Dmitry, > and >generating these patterns is consuming extra CPU time. >
You know that is pretty inconsequential. There are only ~ 10,000 egold spends per day. You could generate 100,000 so-called "turing test" jpgs in a few minutes of computer time one night in a batch. e-gold should immediately add one on the log-in page. There is no downside. For whatever reason they have it on the account-create page, they shoudl have it on the log-in page. It is on the account-create page to save problem FOR E-GOLD, it should be on the log-in page to save problems for e-gold users. However... >Yet more, if e-gold will add pattern recognition or similar >protection against robots then automatic spends can not be done >using simple scripts and automated exchange service providers >will stop their services. You're completely right, I forgot about automatic (OMI) spends! Could be the robot-hacker is using the OMI interface (e-gold will never tell us of course). Obviously there's no logical solution to that. I suggest a simple 99% solution: if a given e-gold account wishes to use the OMI for spends, the owner must supply an IP number (you'd set it in your personal information) and only requests from that IP will be entertained. Problem solved. >What is really needed now is good logging of all events >on e-gold servers and collaboration with Internet service >providers in order to find the origin of this problem. Indeed. e-gold should take 30 seconds to block the offending IP. (Perhaps they've done this already.) >Good passphrase is secure thing Quite right. Unfortunately, sadly, the business of running a DGC is about "saving users from themselves" JP -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Most of the world's great religions are hijacked from time to time by men who use the religious faith of others to manipulate them for self- serving purposes. Environmentalism is different however. It is not a religion that happens to be manipulated from time to time for political purpose--for the power and money it can bring to its controllers. Environmentalism is a religion which has been deliberately created, for the sole purpose of manipulating its followers." Arthur B. Robinson, 2001. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.e-gold.com/stats.html lets you observe the e-gold system's activity now!
